Powder puff



M. W. AND A. E. WILLSON.

POWDER PUFF,

APPucATloN FILED ocr.1s.1921.

1,423,745, Patented July 25, 1922.

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Specication of Letters Patent. i Patented July 25:, 1922.

application aiefi'octpber 18.1921. semaine. 508,554.

Be it known that we, li l. sin; Vihlllrniisoiv and ANDREW E. lViLnsoN,citizens of the United States, residing at `Grand Rapids, in

have invented certain new and useful lim prove-ments in Powder Puffs, ofwhich the following is a specification. A,

Our invention relates to improvements in powder puffs for use as atoilet article upon the face and neck of ladies, and its objects are:first, to provide a powder puff that may be used both for distributingand blending powder and rouge upon the face from the same puff second,to provide a powder puff that may be made to so protect the powder androuge as to keep it practically ant-iseptic and free from dust andforeign matter. when not in actual use for toilet purposes; third, toprovide a means whereby vthe powder and rouge will be conlined, when thepu' isbeing carried, so as to avert all danger of smearing otherarticles that may be in a` hand bag, or other place, with the puff, and,fourth, to provide a powder pull with which only the surface containingthe powder that it is desired to place upon the cheek or neck of theuser need be exposed while using the puff, the other wings of the puffbeing locked securely together.

We attain these objects b-y the construction and arrangements of partsshown in the companying drawing, in which Fig. l is-a plan of the puffclosed position for storing and carrying without danger of smearingother articles with the powders. Fig. 2 is a. perspective of the puffshowing one side open ready for placin the powder upon the cheek. Fig. 3shows t e puff closed and the several wings securely fastened vtogetherat the edges. A Fig. 4 is an edge view of the powder carrying elementsshowing how they.

Y elements, as follows: F irst, we have vthe.

moisture proof covering indicated at 1 in Fig. l, which is placedoutside of, or over the soft, luy powder carrying element 5.

This `powder carrying element is made fromkr `a very soft velvet, plush,or cotton flannel of such a texture that the folded surfaces, as at 2amaybe Stitched @Ofgther form the folds the county yof Kent and State ofMichigan,

surface. In other words, so that when they surfaces 5 are exposed therewill be no inipression of a seam at the line of stitching, and noobstruction to the free use of the powder upon the surface at 5.

en in use we open but one pair of wings, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 5,the other pair of wings being appropriated as a handle'or hand hold withwhich to manipulate the puff when powdering the cheeks, &c. When not inuse the wings are folded together, as in Figs. 3 and. 4, and asindicated in Fig. l, and may be securely connected at the edges by theuse of straps 3 stitched to one pair of wings, as at 3', and the otherend temporarily secured to the other wing by means Vof the clasps 4, Ll,or other available means, so as to absolutely confine the powder andavert the danger of the powdered surfaces becoming contaminated with anyform o-f foreign matter.

1When preparing to use this puff one or the other of the straps 3 isdisconnected from the opposite wing and the wings are swung lines inFig. 3. f. the upper wings are opened the part 6 willfbe appropriated asa l handle, and if the lower wings are swung open, the upper wings,- asl, will be utilized for the purpose, the opening and closing of saidwings are indicated bythe positions of the arrows in Figs. 3 and 5. Itwill beunderstood that with this puff. it will be necessary for a ladyto carry but one puff for two colors of powder, and when the puff is notin use there need be no possibility of the powder becoming contaminatedor unsanitary, or rendering other articlesv dusty and unsanitary orunsightly from contact with Vthe powder on the puf.

- Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new in theait,is:

1. In a powder puff,two pieces offab-ric each having one plain surfaceandone fluffy surface, ea-ch of said pieces of fabric centrally foldedwith the plain surfaces outward and the folded edges stitched togetherin such' a manner that the puff may be folded with both pairs of fluffysurfaces contacting and protected, or may be opened so one pair of said'surfaces may be exposed and made to form a fluffy surface for' thestorage and application of powder.

2. In combination With the elements covered in claim l, a moisture proofcovering placed over the `outei1 surfaces of the ufl'jyv n material. t i

fluffy surfaces contacting.

4. In combination `with the ered in claim 1, securing vmeans attached toelements cov` i the edges of the pu in positions to securely connect thepairs of fabric in place with the fluffy 'surfaces in contact.

5. In combination with the elements covered n claim 1, a strap securedto each of two Wings, and a button upon each of the two opposite Wingsarranged to securely fasten the free edges of said pairs of Wingstogether. f l

`Signed at Grandi Rapids, Michigan, October 8, 1921.

` i MABEL W. VVILLSO'N.Vv

ANDREW"y E. W'ILIISON".

